In Praise of the Saloon

Wow...an actual comment! My evil plan is working! Now I haven't posted in a long while. In fact, it has been so long, that my last posting, especially in light of the nice comment, needs a brief explanation. Since I mentioned a couple of podcasts dedicated to film review, I left the impression that I favored "Movies You Should See" possibly more than "Hollywood Saloon." I had just started listening to the Saloon. And since that posting, I have enjoyed the "Hollywood Saloon" quite extensively. In particular, I watched a movie I own on my computer for which the Saloon guys made a commentary track. This audio file I downloaded from their website. This is a fantastic idea! It was also an especially brave thing to do following their through critique of the many types of DVD commentary tracks that are being made, both scholarly and ridiculous. I thought the track was quite good. I'm not sure I learned that much, but, it did what I enjoy about commentary. It made a film I'd seen many times before fresh. I hope they continue this type thing.